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Cobwebs from a Library Corner

Name: Cobwebs from a Library Corner
Author: John Kendrick Bangs

John Kendrick Bangs

Read by April6090, Larry Wilson, oogiesragdoll, Kirill D, Sarah Brown, nighthawks, B L Newman, ChadH94, Tasniim, Caroline Kiley, thestorygirl, Pseudonymous Nerd, Rachel Marie, Austin Heath, KevinS and Kathleen Moore · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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A Pessimistic View (1:28)
The Master’s Pen—A Confession (1:24)
Bookworm Ballads (a Literary Feast) (2:01)
Ideas for Sale (2:26)
The Author’s Boomerang (0:43)
To an Egotistical Biographer (0:34)
No Copyright Needed (0:47)
Ingredients of Greatness (0:48)
A Common Favorite (1:32)
Their Pens (0:29)
An Unsolved Problem (0:28)
The Bibliophile’s Threat (0:27)
My Treasures (0:33)
A Poet’s Fad (0:25)
The Poet Undone (0:29)
A Waning Muse (0:31)
Modesty (0:28)
My Lord the Book (0:34)
The Bibliomiser (0:39)
The ''Collector'' (0:47)
A Reader (0:59)
Fate! (0:57)
A Pleasing Thought (0:47)
Books vs. ''Books,'' by a Bibliomaniac (1:20)
A Confession (1:32)
The Edition de Looks (1:54)
Napolini’s Error (2:41)
My Color (1:54)
Contentment in Nature (1:45)
The Heroic Gunner (1:56)
The Pathetic Tale of the Caddy Boy (3:14)
Garrulous Wisdom (1:19)
The Perjury of a Rejected Lover (0:59)
Maid of Culture (1:04)
Not Perfect (1:01)
A City Dweller’s Wish (1:01)
Where are They? (1:25)
Memories (0:36)
A Sad State (0:30)
Ad Astra per Otium. (0:46)
Consolation (0:51)
Satisfaction on Reading ''Not One Dissatisfied,'' by Walt Whitman (1:55)
To a Withered Rose (0:53)
The Worst of Enemies (0:40)
Jokes of the Night (1:37)
An Autumnal Romance (0:31)
The Country in July (1:09)
May 30, 1893 (0:50)
The Curse of Wealth (2:30)
The Rhyme of the Ancient Populist (2:28)
One of the Nameless Great (0:45)
In February Days (1:05)
A Change of Ambition (1:28)
Message from Mahatmas (3:15)
The Gold-seekers (2:13)
Ode to a Politician (2:32)
Some are Amateurs (0:41)